letter bomb

A letter bomb is an explosive device sent via the postal service, and designed with the intention to injure or kill the recipient when opened. They have been used in terrorist attacks such as those of the Unabomber. Some countries have agencies whose duties include the interdiction of letter bombs and the investigation of letter bombings. The letter bomb may have been in use for nearly as long as the common postal service has been in existence, as far back as 1764.

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mail bomb; parcel bomb; post bomb; postal bomb
improvised explosive device, 

satchel charge, weapon functional class, 

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Parcel.fbi

Parcel.fbi

Letter Bomb Sent to Edwin Chapman - DPLA - 5f8b63fade476938f4e02fe435bf25e1

Letter Bomb Sent to Edwin Chapman - DPLA - cc3bc2dad3f094de21d008e9e134a890

Western Union Employees Who Handled Bomb - DPLA - 1d4c2f5d8d423e59e70dbe733a4cb00e

Edwin H. Chapman - DPLA - ba6a3c3edace8400031c36dd0549c2b7

Mailbomb

Townsend: shop and post office

Strouden: postbox № BH8 279, Castle Lane West

Townsend: postbox № BH8 178, Jewell Road

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
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commons	image		Parcel.fbi		Commons
commons	image		Letter Bomb Sent to Edwin Chapman - DPLA - 5f8b63fade476938f4e02fe435bf25e1		Commons
commons	image		Letter Bomb Sent to Edwin Chapman - DPLA - cc3bc2dad3f094de21d008e9e134a890		Commons
commons	image		Western Union Employees Who Handled Bomb - DPLA - 1d4c2f5d8d423e59e70dbe733a4cb00e		Commons
commons	image		Edwin H. Chapman - DPLA - ba6a3c3edace8400031c36dd0549c2b7		Commons
commons	image		Mailbomb		Commons
commons	image		Townsend: shop and post office		Commons
commons	image		Strouden: postbox № BH8 279, Castle Lane West		Commons
commons	image		Townsend: postbox № BH8 178, Jewell Road		Commons